For families that did not pick up their DYLA 2018 regular registration program shorts on Sunday, please pick up this Saturday, March 17th, from 10 am to 12 pm in front of the DHS auditorium entrance. If cannot pickup please ask a friend. Some of Boys Nike Youth Small and Medium Shorts are delayed and these families will be emailed directly. A final shorts pickup date will be scheduled when the delayed shorts are available in the next few weeks. Individual pickups will not be available at lax.com until after April 2nd.

Registration for the spring 2018 Darien Youth Lacrosse season is now open at dylax.com.

Each player is required to have a US Lacrosse membership (https://www.uslacrosse.org/) to complete registration. The annual fee per player is $30.You will be directed to join or renew membership during the registration process.

Step-by-step online registration instructions can be accessed in the left-hand side "Documents" tab on at dylax.com.

DYLA is a town-based program that is open to Darien residents in grades 1-8.

DATES/FEES

Registration IRegistration IIRegistration III

(Nov 15 – Jan 21)(Jan 22 – Mar 2)(after Mar 3)

House Programs

Blue Wave Buddies 1st/2nd Grade$100$100$100

3rd/4th Grade House$225$335$450

5th/6th Grade House$225$335$450

7th/8th Grade Base $325$485$650

Travel Supplemental Fee *

5th/6th$150

7th/8th$125

Travel supplemental fees are assessed after the tryout process is complete.

Weather permitting we plan on starting the season on Saturday March 3rd. The full schedule can be found under the documents tab on the left hand side of the home webpage. Please look for the PDF file- weekly schedule.

TRYOUTS- Weather Permitting

7th/8th grade Boys are Girls tryouts will start Sat. March 10th and conclude March 16th

5th/ 6th Grade Boys and Girls tryouts will start Sat March 17th and conclude March 23rd

Specifc dates and times are now available under the schedule tap. Enter 2018 season then boys travel lacrosse and then look for 5th (or 6th grade) boys travel tab. DO NOT look under the 5th ( or 6th grade ) A or B team schedule

ALL TRYOUTS ARE WEATHER PERMITTING

In 7th and 8th grade you are not required to tryout for travel . If you chose not to tryout for travel you will be placed on the blue or white team

In 5th and 6th grade you are not required to tryout for travel. If you chose not to tryout for travel you wll be placed on a house team

Please always check the web site for date, time and location of practices and tryouts as they can change due to weather and other situations beyond our control.

TRAVEL TRYOUTS & PRIVATE SCHOOL SPRING BREAK

Every year we receive questions about the impact of private school breaks on the travel process and why we cannot schedule tryouts for a different time period. As a program, we have children in private schools throughout Westchester and Fairfield counties, whose vacation schedules range from the first week of March to the last. We do our best to post the tryout schedule by early October so that families with children in private school can schedule vacations around the tryout schedule. With individual tryouts usually completed within a week, families have an opportunity to make most of the tryouts and still get away if they want. As we say every year, we encourage all players to make as many tryouts as they can but we do understand that family obligations may get in the way. We leave room on the original rosters to allow for upward player movement. The rosters are not finalized until 2 or 3 weeks after tryouts, during which we continue to evaluate all players through our house program, 7/8 Senior teams and B travel teams.

Website

The website and email are our primary communication channels. Always check the home page, your team page and your email for schedule information prior to heading to the fields, especially if you have any question about the weather. Emails are generated and sent for all changes to the schedule, and you can link your calendars online to your player(s) schedules through the website. It is vital that you have correct email addresses listed so that you receive our communications. You can add/edit/delete emails and other contact information by going to "Edit My Account" on the website and logging in to your account.

Equipment

Boys at all ages are required to play with full gear, which includes a stick, helmet (may be a hockey helmet), gloves, shoulder and arm pads, a cup and a mouth guard for boys 3rd - 8th. Girls at all ages are required to have a girls stick, face mask and mouth guard.

Clothing

For those of you who are new to the program, you may not know this but DHS appears to have its own polar vortex, primarily in March and April. Dress accordingly. Please add layers, it always feels 10-20 degrees colder on the oval than it does in your driveway.